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Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” Japanese poster

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Andre 3000

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Summer Reading Log 2024 PT 13.

Poor Things (1992) by Alasdair Gray

The Angel Of Indian Lake (2024) by Stephen Graham Jones

Silverfish (2020) by Rone Shavers

Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon (2023) by Wole Talabi

The Shape Were In (2001) by Jonathan Lethem

Out There Screaming: An Anthology Of New Black Horror (2023) edited by Jordan Peele and written by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull

The Left Hand Of Darkness (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert

Dune Messiah (1969) by Frank Herbert

The Heroes (2011) by Joe Abercrombie

The Coming Of The Old Ones (2019) by Jeffery Thomas

Horror Movie (2024) by Paul Tremblay

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Best Albums Of 2023 1-10

Sampha- Lahai

Black Country, New Road- Live At Bush Hall

Billy Woods- Maps

Armand Hammer- We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

Yves Tumor- Praise A Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Cosume (Or Simply, Hot Between Wolrds)

The Armed- Perfect Saviours

Fever Ray- Radical Romantics

Noname- Sundail

Young Fathers- Heavy Heavy

Aesop Rock- Integrated Tech Solutions

Jpegmafia & Danny Brown- Scaring The Hoes Vol 1

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Best Albums Of 2023 11-20

Geese- 3D Country

MSpaint- Post-American

Paris Texas- Mid Air

Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist- Voir Dire

Mike, Wiki, & The Alchemist- Faith Is A Rock

Group Therapy- I Was Mature For My Age, But I Was Still A Child

Mick Jenkins- The Patience

Hak Baker- World's End Fm

Debby Friday- Good Luck

Crossess- Goodnight, Godbless, I Love U, Delete.

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Best Albums Of 2023 21-30

Temps-Party Gator Purgatory

Zulu- A Better Tommorow

Oxbow- Love's Holiday

Slauson Malone1- Excelsior

Maruja- Knocknarea

Model/Actriz-Dogsbody

Kalela-Raven

SZA-SOS

Pinkpanthress- Heaven Can Wait

Travis Scott- Utopia

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Best Albums Of 2023 31-40

Squid- O Monolith

Militarie Gun- Life Under The Gun

Nia Archives- Sunrise Bang Your Head Against The Wall

Caroline Polacheck- Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

100 Gecs- 1000 Gecs

Alice Longyu Gao- Let's Hope Heteros Fail, Learn, And Retire

Algiers- Shook

Ice Cold Bishop- Generational Trauma

Kaytramine- Kaytramine

Yaeji- With A Hammer

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Best Albums Of 2023 41-50

Oneohtrix Point Never- Again

Lil Yachty- Let's Start Here

Nas- Magic 3

Anohini & The Johnsons- My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

Water From Your Eyes- Everyone's Crushed

Marnie Stern- The Comeback Kid

Open Mike Eagle- Another Marvel Of Ghetto Engineering

Shabazz Palaces-Robed In Rareness

Kali Uchis- Red Moon In Venus

SPELLING & The Mystery School- SPELLING & The Mystery School

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Best Films Of 2023 1-10

Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

The Boy & The Heron directed by Hayao Miyazake

Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse directed by Kemp Powers, Joaqium Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson

I'm A Virgo directed by Boots Riley

Rye Lane directed by Raine Allen Miller

American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson

Killers Of The Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese

Asteroid City directed by Wes Anderson

Beau Is Afraid directed by Ari Aster

Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig

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Best Films Of 2023 11-20

John Wick Chapter 4 directed by Chad Stahelski

Infinity Pool directed by Brandon Cronenberg

Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Scavenger's Reign directed by Joseph Bennett, Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Vincent Tsui, Rachel Reid, Christine Jie-Eun Shin, Diego Porral

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 4 directed by James Gunn

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Theives directed by John Frances Daley & Jonathan Goldstien

Beef directed Hikari, Jake Schreier, Lee Sung Jin

Dead Ringers directed by Sean Durkin, Karena Evans, Lauren Wolkstein, Karyn Kasuma

The Fall Of The House Of Usher directed by Mike Flanagan & Michael Fimognari

Saltburn directed by Emerald Fennell

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Best Films Of 2023 21-30

Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan

The Killer directed by David Fincher

Godland directed Hlynur Palmason

Bravo, Burkino! directed Wale Oyejide

Blind Willow Sleeping Woman directed by Pierre Foldes

Leave The World Behind directed by Sam Esmail

They Cloned Tyrone directed by Juel Taylor

Swarm directed by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Adammo Edo, Ibra Ake,

The Wonderful World Of Henry Sugar & Other Stories directed Wes Anderson

Blue Eye Samurai directed by Jane Wu, Ryan O'Loughlin, Earl A. Hibbert, Alan Wan, Michael Green, Sunny Sun, Alan Taylor

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Best Films Of 2023 31-40

May/December directed by Todd Haynes

Sanctuary directed by Zachary Wigon

How To Blow Up A Pipeline directed by Daniel Goldhaber

The Artifice Girl directed by Franklin Ritch

Evil Dead Rise directed by Lee Cronin

Talk To Me directed by Danny & Michael Philippou

When Evil Lurks directed by Demian Rugna

El Condo directed by Pablo Larrain

Smoking Causes Coughing directed by Quentin Dupieux

Copenhagen Cowboy directed by Nicholas Winding Refn

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Best Films Of 2023 41-50

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem directed by Jeff Rowe

Scott Pilgirm Takes Off directed by Tomohisa Shimoyama, Moko-chan, Akitoshi Yokoyama, Rushio Moriyama, Takakazu Nagatomo, Kenji Maeba, Takuya Fujikura, & Takakazu Nagatomo

Kazizi Moto: Generation Fire Raymond Malinga, Simangaliso ‘Panda’ Sibaya & Malcom Wope, Shofela Coker, Nthato Mokgata & Catherine Green, Tshepo Moche, Pious Nyenyewa & Tafadzwa Hove, Terence Maluleke and Isaac Mogajane, Ahmed Teilab, Lesego Vorster, Ng'endo Mukii

Thanksgiving directed by Eli Roth

V/H/S/85 directed by David Bruckner, Scott Derickson, Gigi Saul Guerraro, Nathasha Kermani, Mike P. Nelson

Luther: Fallen Son directed by Jamie Payne

The Creator directed by Gareth Edwards

Make My Day directed by Takahiro Tanaka, Kentarō Fujita, Tatsuji Yamazaki, Kohei Sugatani, Grace Chen, Mntn Chang, Yuichi Abe

Landscape With Invisible Hand directed by Cory Finley

No One Will Save You directed by Brian Duffield

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Best Films Of 2023 51-60

House Party by Calmatic

The Blackening by Tim Story

Mami Wata directed by C.J. Obasi

Divinity directed by Eddie Alcazar

The Five Devils directed by Lea Mysius

The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster directed by Bomani Story

Cobweb directed by Samuel Bodwin

Shortcommings directed by Randal Park

Inside directed by Vasilis Katsoupis

Dream Scenario directed by Kristoffer Borgli

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Best Movies Of 2023 61-70

Medusa Deluxe directed by Thomas Hardiman

Nocebo directed by Lorcan Finnegan

Knock At The Cabin directed by M. Night Shyamalan

A Haunting In Venice directed by Kenneth Branagh

The Voyage Of The Demeter directed by Andre Ovredal

Malum directed by Anthony DiBlasi

Unicorn Wars directed by Alberto Vasquez

Castlevania: Nocturne directed by Sam Deats, Adam Deats, Saren Stone, Tam Lu

African Folktalkes Reimagined directed by Loukman Ali, Walt Mzenga Corey, Mohamed Echkouna, Voline Ogutu, Akorede Azeez, Gcobisa Yako

Animalia directed by Sofia Alaoui

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Best Horror Films/Shows Of 2021

Midnight Mass directed and created by Mike Flanagan 

Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta

Titane directed by Julia Ducournua

Last Night In Soho directed by Edgar Wright 

In The Earth directed by Ben Wheatley 

V/H/S/94 directed by Jennifer Reeder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, and Ryan Powers 

Chucky created by Don Mancini 

Antlers directed by Scott Cooper

Nightbooks directed by David Yarovesky

Shadow On The Cloud directed by Roseanne Liang

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Best Horror Films Of 2020

Possessor directed by Brandon Cronenberg

His House directed by Remi Weekes 

La Llorona directed by Jaryo Bustamante 

The Invisible Man by Leigh Whannel 

I’m Thinking Of Ending Things directed by Chalie Kaufman 

The Color From Outer Space directed by Richard Stanley 

Gretel & Hansel directed by Oz Perkins 

Relic directed by Natalie Erika James

Scare Me directed by Josh Ruben 

Bad Hair directed by Justin Simeon